i've tried crickets, nibbled on a snake and tucked into some mighty tastey ostrich, but i know theres some odd things on menus out there and wondered what kind of experiences other people have had...
I crunched throgh ants and scorpions at the Imperial Herbal restaurant in Singapore. I forewent dog in Vietnam, but did sample bat in Jakarta and pangolin in Borneo. But the weirdest? three-onion pizza in a staff restataurant a few years ago.
a maggot just now in my radish - well half a maggot actually, excuse me while i go vom
OR what about this only-in-America treat for the junk-food adventurers - mac'n' cheese hot dog. that's got to be worse than insects surely....found by AlwaysHungry.com
http://www.alwayshungryny.com/thought-for-food/entry/alwayshungryny-the-ditch-dog/#more
ohh pretty disgusting...I’ve never eating anything weird, but I’ve leaved in France and the fact that they eat frogs is disgusting to me …oh and snails…
In Botswana, the mopani tree is special - it provides shelter, edible leaves, firewood and sculptured items AND mopani worms. They are boiled in a huge vat and are a local delicacy. They are 3 or 4 inches long, are eaten whole, have a thick hairy skin and a huge quantity of their internal juices squirt out when you bite into them. The rest of the body, which tastes, I guess, like newspaper, takes quite a few minutes to chew and swallow. Canapes anyone?
ive tried Goan Field Rat at a party in Goa ,thought it was chicken, latter was told it was rat xacuti(done in a goan coconut thick sauce). must admit it was yum!! i just tried an icelandic sea urchin pretty good to...
I sampled some possum and wallaby last week at an Aussie market. My Dutch friend then told me she had eaten a koala much to my amusement. She meant a kangaroo. We dined at the 'Roadkill cafe' You kill it, we grill it' is their strapline http://www.roadkillcafe.com.au/public/index.php
Warthog pate - grey and tough, very much as you'd expect.
Warthog? I don't even know what one of those are??? But doesn't sound all that great!
jellyfish sprinkled with chilli - grim.....
Warthogs are a mean looking relation to the Wild Boar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warthog
all big tusks n' hair...
jellyfish and chilli...*gag* though having said that, tripe pretty bloomin' foul...
Chewie: Warthogs are a mean looking relation to the Wild Boar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warthog all big tusks n' hair... jellyfish and chilli...*gag* though having said that, tripe pretty bloomin' foul...
Thanks Chewie! Warthogs are pretty horrid looking and definately not going to try that in a hurry!
A stinky fruit from the Philippines called Durian. Had to include it in our catering menu in Los Angeles so I tasted it. Wasn't really that bad
And just how smelly is Durian?
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